[cadandcookies]

Prior to any comment I may have regarding what poor advice I may be able to provide, I sincerely sympathize with your plight. I haven't had any personal experience with your team, but just from looking at your website, I can tell that you guys have a very passionate group of people that appear to be an excellent representation of the FIRST community.

On to something involving that poor advice I mentioned earlier--

I would have a few questions regarding the future usage of those tools-- where are they going? Are they going to HayWire? If so, are you still on good enough terms to enter into a cooperative relationship with them? I'm not sure what the district's policy on this is, but Cooperitition is one of those core values of FIRST, and if HayWire all of a sudden has all of these "old parts" that they can't necessarily use themselves during the next season, that might be an avenue to look into-- I mean, what use does the district have for a bunch of FRC-specific parts? Are they auctioning them to recoup costs, in the event that this is budget related?

That being said, if the district is actively hostile towards your organization, enraging them further probably won't result in good on either side, so something to take into consideration before looking into that.

Best of luck in all your endeavors.